Glossary of words related to social networking

Aggregator

• A website that collects news from other websites

Anonymizer

• A website that allows someone to use the Internet without leaving any sign of who they are

Brochure site

• A simple website, often consisting of just one page, that advertises a company’s products and gives general information about the company

 Content provider

• A website that contains mostly news or information, or a business that provides the information for that website

Discussion list

• A website where people can discuss a particular subject

 

Electronic mall

• A website that sells the products and services of different companies

 

E-network

• A website where people can exchange ideas about business and other subjects, especially one that you have to pay to use

 

Forum

• A website, newspaper, television programme etc where people can express their ideas and opinions

 

Ghost site

• An old website that you can still look at

 

Listening post

• A website on the Internet where you can listen to music

 

 Mashup

• A website or piece of software making use of information from more than one website, for example using photographs from one website and text from another

 

Mirror site

• An exact copy of a busy website that is created to reduce the number of people visiting the main website

 Moblog

• A weblog (a website that frequently has new personal information added to it) that contains mainly photographs from mobile phones or pdas

 

Portal

• An Internet site (place) that has links (connections) to other places

 

Rogue site

• A website that people go to because it has a name that is similar to that of a popular website

 

Search directory

• A website that contains links to other websites, organized according to subject and in alphabetical order

 

Social networking site

• A website such as Facebook or MySpace that allows you to communicate with friends and make new friends

SoNet site

• A social networking website

Splog

• A website that copies the style of a weblog as a joke

Storefront

• A website that is similar to a shop because it provides product information and you can buy goods from it

Vlog

• A weblog (=a personal website that frequently has new information added to it) that contains mainly video

Walled garden

• A website that you need a username and password to use or that limits what you can look at